LiederNet logo

CONTENTS

×
  • Home | Introduction
  • Composers (20,102)
  • Text Authors (19,442)
  • Go to a Random Text
  • What’s New
  • A Small Tour
  • FAQ & Links
  • Donors
  • DONATE

UTILITIES

  • Search Everything
  • Search by Surname
  • Search by Title or First Line
  • Search by Year
  • Search by Collection

CREDITS

  • Emily Ezust
  • Contributors (1,114)
  • Contact Information
  • Bibliography

  • Copyright Statement
  • Privacy Policy

Follow us on Facebook

by Rudolph Baumbach (1840 - 1905)

König bin ich
Language: German (Deutsch) 
Was zirpt und piept im Zaune,
Was raschelt im Stacket? 
Gott grüss' dich, kleine braune, 
Vergnügte Majestät! 

Du rufst mir stolz und herrisch 
Dein "König bin ich" zu. --
Herr Bruder, sei nicht närrisch, 
Ich bin soviel wie du.

Bin selbst ein reicher König,
Trag' frei und stolz das Haupt 
Und kümmre mich nur wenig,
Dass keiner mir es glaubt.

Du herrschest in den Hägen 
In Aue, Wald und Feld,
Mein Reich ist allerwegen 
Und heisst die weite Welt.

Text Authorship:

  • by Rudolph Baumbach (1840 - 1905), "König bin ich", appears in Lieder eines fahrenden Gesellen [author's text checked 1 time against a primary source]

Musical settings (art songs, Lieder, mélodies, (etc.), choral pieces, and other vocal works set to this text), listed by composer (not necessarily exhaustive):

  • by Leopold Hassenkamp (1881 - ?), "König bin ich ", op. 11 (Fünf Lieder für 1 Singstimme mit Pianoforte) no. 1, published 1898 [ voice and piano ], Berlin, Paez [sung text not yet checked]
  • by Moriz Krebs , "König bin ich", published 1884 [ baritone and piano ], from Aus Rudolph Baumbach's Lieder eines fahrenden Gesellen. Gesänge für Baryton mit Pianofortebegleitung, no. 6, Wien, Wetzler [sung text not yet checked]
  • by John Petersen (1860 - 1939), "König bin ich", op. 6 (Drei Lieder für 1 Singstimme mit Pianofortebegleitung) no. 3, published 1894 [ high voice and piano ], Leipzig, W. Hansen [sung text not yet checked]
  • by Max von Weinzierl (1841 - 1898), "König bin ich", op. 106 no. 4, published 1892 [ voice and piano ], from Sechs Lieder eines fahrenden Gesellen von R. Baumbach, no. 4, Wien, Rebay & Robitschek [sung text not yet checked]
  • by Max von Weinzierl (1841 - 1898), "König bin ich", op. 106 no. 4, published 1892 [ voice and piano ], from Sechs Lieder eines fahrenden Gesellen von R. Baumbach, no. 4, Wien, Rebay & Robitschek [sung text not yet checked]

Researcher for this text: Emily Ezust [Administrator]

This text was added to the website: 2012-08-11
Line count: 16
Word count: 78

Gentle Reminder

This website began in 1995 as a personal project by Emily Ezust, who has been working on it full-time without a salary since 2008. Our research has never had any government or institutional funding, so if you found the information here useful, please consider making a donation. Your help is greatly appreciated!
–Emily Ezust, Founder

Donate

We use cookies for internal analytics and to earn much-needed advertising revenue. (Did you know you can help support us by turning off ad-blockers?) To learn more, see our Privacy Policy. To learn how to opt out of cookies, please visit this site.

I acknowledge the use of cookies

Contact
Copyright
Privacy

Copyright © 2025 The LiederNet Archive

Site redesign by Shawn Thuris